Chile port strikes bite fruit trade

Strikes have stopped operations at some ports in Chile near the beginning of the country’s winter fruit export season. “Fruit exports in Central Chile and copper shipments in the North have been stalled, as workers from several major ports across the country have gone on strike, raising fears the export-oriented economy could see a repeat of last year’s strikes, which lasted three weeks and cost millions of dollars," according to a report from Santiago Times . American Shipper was unable to obtain a comment from the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (Asoex), but the Santiago Times said the Ronald Bown, president of Asoex, said in a release Thursday that the group expected a 28-percent decrease in exports because...